Small-arm.



p WILHELM VENIER, or KLOSTERNEUBURG-WEIDLING, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.1

SMALL-ARM.

"To all whom it may concern.

;Be it known that I, WILF IE LM VENIER,

' chemist, subject of the Emperor of.Austria- ,Hungary, residing in 'Klosterneuburgerstrasse132, 'Klost'erneuburg- Weidling, Austria-Hungary, have invented new and useful Improvements in Small-Arms; and I do hereby declare'the following to be a full,

. clear, and exact descriptionvof the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersfof reference marked thereon,.which' form a part of this specification. V r

. This invention relates to small arms and particularly to hammerless guns which are discharged electrically.

V The object'of the resent invention is to provide a gun of thls type of very simple construction and safe in working and further to so arrange the discharging mechanism that but small space is required for it andv consequently the gun construction proper may be made as massive and strong 7 as desired.

. having more than one barrel and further The invention is also applicable toguns objects are to provide means for indicating which barrel is ready to be fired and means operated by hand for enabling either barrel 1 to beset ready for firing, or one which is other substituted for it.

readyto be switched out of circuit and an- One mode of applying the present invention to a double bar-rel gun is shown in the accompanying drawing, by way of example, Figure 1 being a side view of the gunwith the side cover plates removed. Figs. 2-5 being detail views of the switch for placing the individual barrels'in the firing circuit, as well as the arrangement for indicating which of the barrels is in the firing condition. .Fig. 6 shows diagrammatically the arrangement of the gun; V In the form of construction shown the primary circuit 0, passes from the battery a over the interrupters d, f, and the induction coil, whereas the secondary circuit g, passes from the induction coil over the barrel h, ofthe gun. A switch 71, and an interrupter 10,, being arranged in the secondary circuit.

The method of working is as follows By the interruption of the primary circuit,

at d, 'f, a current is excited in the secondary circuit, which, according'to the position of l Patented Oct. 19,1909.

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the switch 2', passes to one, or theother of the barrels and when the interrupter k, is closed, explodes "theignition cap of theca rtridge arranged in this circuit. Now in order to open and closethe primary circuit, a button,'Z,i is provided, which projects from the gun and by th'e intermediary I of a leverm, forcesthe contact '7, past the spring stop (Z, so that by the contact of cZ,-and f,the primary current is first closed, and then interrupted on the further pressing down of the button Z. The

parts, m, i f, and al, are

spring controlled, so that when the button Z, I

is released these parts arelbroughtback 7 into the normal position, as shown in Fig. 1, r

the spring mounting of .the parts, f, and (Z, on the'other hand allowing these parts to give way to each other in their opposite movements.

In order with vmultiple'barrel guns, to

automatically bring the barrels into circuit a multiple switch is employed, The switch consists, in the form of construction shown for double barrel guns, of two disks n, and 0, of insulating material, in which three con-7 ducting strips, 19, or q, are provided passing outward from the spindle of the corre-. sponding disk and arranged at an angle of 120 to each other (Figs. 3 and 4). A spring, 1'', or 8, slides on eachof these disks, of which the one is connected with the ignitionpin of the left barrel and the other with that of the right barrel. Theconduct ing strips, 79, arearranged at an angle each of 60 to those of g. Between the disks n,

and 0, a ratchet wheel, 2?, is provided it being 1,

ing, of turningthe ratchet wheel, t, through V 60, thereby the strip, p,or' ,'forming the current connection from the spindle to one of the springs passes out of contact with its strip so that the discharged barrel is switched out, while at the same time the other barrel is switched into the secondary circuit.

The spindle of the ratchet wheel is pro-. longed to the outside and a pointer, o, is

keyed to its .outer end (Fig. 5), which pointer according to the positions of the strips, 1), and g, indicates whether the right or'left barrel is in the firing conditionr By turning the indicator by hand it is possible to bring any desired barrel into the firing condition.

In order to render the discharge of the gun independent of any external accidents two protective devices are provided. The one consists of a locking device for the pres sure knob, Z, and is brought into play by the slide w, (Fig. l) which when pushed forward, renders it impossible to press down the knob Z. The slide to, can be connected with the tipping device of the barrel for loading in the known way so that when loading the knob Z, is locked.

The second protective device consists in an interruption of the wire of the secondary circuit which is automatically closed on catching hold of the gun in the firing position. For this purpose at the spot at which the gun is seized by the hand in the firing position, a part 70, projects from the gun and is pressed down by a spring, this movement being limited by a stop. bridge contact piece, is arranged on but insulated from the piece, 71:, the outer ends of the bridge, y, being situated opposite to the ends of the interrupted wiring, 9. Now if the gun is brought into the firing position by pressing the part, 70, the bridge, 3 is brought into contact with the free ends a of the wiring, g, and thereby closes this interruption.

If the gun is put down, owing to the spring action of the part, m, it is pressed out of the stock and thereby interrupts the circuit, 9.

It may further be remarked that in Fig. 1 the circuits are only indicated in so far as they are necessary for showing the mutual operation of the parts. Further it may be remarked with Figs. 3 and 5 that the device is drawn to alarger scale than in the Figs. 1 and 2. Furthermore from what has been above stated it is clear that the device may also be applied for single barreled guns as well as to guns having two or more barrels. Naturally with the single barreled guns a switch device is not necessary.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is 1". The combination, with the barrel of a gun, of a primary circuit having spaced contacts forming a break therein, a generator in the primary circuit, a secondary or ignition circuit, a spring-actuated lever carrying one of said contacts, a headed lever-actuating device, and a locking slide engageable with said lever-actuating device, substantially as described;

2. The combination, with a gun having a stock and a plurality of barrels, of a primary circuit, having a break therein, a generator in the primary circuit, a secondary or ignition circuit having branches, one for each barrel, a switch in the secondary circuit adapted to transmit the current over i the one or the other of its branches, and an interrupter controlling said switch and operative to make and break the primary circuit at the break therein, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with a gun having a stock and a plurality of barrels, of a primary circuit having a break therein, a generator in the primary circuit, a secondary or ignition circuit having branches, one for each barrel, a switch in the secondary circuit adapted to transmit the current over the one or the other of its branches, and asingle mechanism operative both to control theswitch and make and break the primary circuit, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with a gun having a stock and a plurality of barrels, of a primary circuit having a break therein, a generator in the primary circuit, a secondary or ignition circuit having branches, one for each barrel, a rotary switch in the secondary circuit adapted to transmit the current over the one or the other of its branches and means for making and breaking the primary circuit and operating the switch comprising contacts one of which is movable and engageable with the other and with the switch, substantially as described;

" In testimony, that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of November, 1906.

WVILHELM VENIER.

Vitnesses:

BUD. ZIPSA, ALVESTO S. Hocnn. 

